Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

C3.ai Inc.

21 pending office actions • 14 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
13
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

16
Hard (76%)
5
Medium (24%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (14%)
§101 + other11 (52%)
§103 only3 (14%)
§102 only2 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (10%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
11
Information Tech
52% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
24% of docket
4
Business / Other
19% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
IQBAL, MUSTAFA 2 46.2% +26.7%
RACIC, MILENA 1 48.0% +44.5%
SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN 1 72.3% +36.2%
DAVIS, ZACHARY A 1 53.7% +21.9%
BADAWI, SHERIEF 1 58.1% +10.8%
PHILLIPS, III, ALBERT M 1 81.6% +12.5%
UDDIN, MOHAMMED R 1 78.0% +30.1%
CORRIELUS, JEAN M 1 84.0% +12.8%
NGUYEN, PHILLIP H 1 90.6% +11.7%
KWON, JUN 1 40.3% +46.4%

Hard Cases (16)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17807937 METHODS, PROCESSES, AND SYSTEMS TO DEPLOY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-BASED CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM) SYSTEM USING MODEL-DRIVEN SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE IQBAL, MUSTAFA 124d overdue
18822035 ENTERPRISE GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ARCHITECTURE CORRIELUS, JEAN M 60d overdue
19015232 METHODS, PROCESSES, AND SYSTEMS TO DEPLOY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-BASED CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM) SYSTEM USING MODEL-DRIVEN SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE IQBAL, MUSTAFA 10d overdue
18984498 DYNAMIC ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED BLUEPRINTING GENERATION AND EXECUTION PLATFORM PHILLIPS, III, ALBERT M 2d overdue
17699395 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING PROXY MODELS FOR PHYSICS-BASED SIMULATORS COOK, BRIAN S 2d overdue
19201351 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND OPTIMIZATION RACIC, MILENA
19007308 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CYBERSECURITY ANALYSIS BASED ON OPERATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES DAVIS, ZACHARY A
18991198 AGENTIC ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR A SYSTEM OF AGENTS BADAWI, SHERIEF

Interview Candidates (11)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18980861 MODEL-ENABLED DATA PIPELINE GENERATION UDDIN, MOHAMMED R 126d overdue
17807937 METHODS, PROCESSES, AND SYSTEMS TO DEPLOY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-BASED CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM) SYSTEM USING MODEL-DRIVEN SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE IQBAL, MUSTAFA 124d overdue
18822035 ENTERPRISE GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ARCHITECTURE CORRIELUS, JEAN M 60d overdue
19015232 METHODS, PROCESSES, AND SYSTEMS TO DEPLOY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-BASED CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM) SYSTEM USING MODEL-DRIVEN SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE IQBAL, MUSTAFA 10d overdue
19060273 GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENTERPRISE SEARCH SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN 4d overdue
18984498 DYNAMIC ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED BLUEPRINTING GENERATION AND EXECUTION PLATFORM PHILLIPS, III, ALBERT M 2d overdue
19201351 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND OPTIMIZATION RACIC, MILENA
19007308 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CYBERSECURITY ANALYSIS BASED ON OPERATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES DAVIS, ZACHARY A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3625 3
2159 2
2168 1
2492 1
2169 1
2161 1
2164 1
2447 1
3624 1
2141 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19201351 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND OPTIMIZATION RACIC, MILENA §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 07, 2025
19060273 GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENTERPRISE SEARCH SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN 2168 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2025
19015232 METHODS, PROCESSES, AND SYSTEMS TO DEPLOY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-BASED CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM) SYSTEM USING MODEL-DRIVEN SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE IQBAL, MUSTAFA 3625 §101§103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2025
19007308 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CYBERSECURITY ANALYSIS BASED ON OPERATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES DAVIS, ZACHARY A 2492 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 31, 2024
18991198 AGENTIC ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR A SYSTEM OF AGENTS BADAWI, SHERIEF 2169 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 2024
18984498 DYNAMIC ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED BLUEPRINTING GENERATION AND EXECUTION PLATFORM PHILLIPS, III, ALBERT M 2159 §101 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Dec 17, 2024
18980861 MODEL-ENABLED DATA PIPELINE GENERATION UDDIN, MOHAMMED R 2161 §103 Final Rejection 126d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2024
18822035 ENTERPRISE GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ARCHITECTURE CORRIELUS, JEAN M 2159 §101 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2024
18780088 INTELLIGENT DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH MULTI-INTERFACE FRONTEND AND BACKEND NGUYEN, PHILLIP H §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2024
18651650 ENTERPRISE GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ANTI-HALLUCINATION AND ATTRIBUTION ARCHITECTURE KWON, JUN 2164 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 30, 2024
18629920 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA PROCESSING AND ENTERPRISE AI APPLICATIONS ZHANG, SHIRLEY X 2447 §102Other Non-Final OA 8d Pending Apr 08, 2024
18542676 MACHINE LEARNING MODEL ADMINISTRATION AND OPTIMIZATION COLEMAN, PAUL §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 16, 2023
18542583 GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CRAWLING AND CHUNKING WAESCO, JOSEPH M §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2023
18490020 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TRANSACTION RISK SCORING AND ANOMALY DETECTION MUNSON, PATRICIA H 3624 §102Other Final Rejection Pending Oct 19, 2023
18185186 MACHINE LEARNING PIPELINE GENERATION AND MANAGEMENT TANK, ANDREW L 2141 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 16, 2023
18185210 INTELLIGENT DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH METADATA GENERATION FROM ITERATIVE DATA ANALYSIS MITCHELL, JASON D 2199 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 16, 2023
18162587 RESOURCE-TASK NETWORK (RTN)-BASED TEMPLATED PRODUCTION SCHEDULE OPTIMIZATION (PSO) FRAMEWORK HATCHER, DEIRDRE D 3625 §101§102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 31, 2023
17932862 AI-BASED HYPERPARAMETER TUNING IN SIMULATION-BASED OPTIMIZATION GUILIANO, CHARLES A 3623 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 16, 2022
17807937 METHODS, PROCESSES, AND SYSTEMS TO DEPLOY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-BASED CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM) SYSTEM USING MODEL-DRIVEN SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE IQBAL, MUSTAFA 3625 §101 Final Rejection 124d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2022
17705094 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING DIFFERENT DATA TYPES NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE 2857 §101§102§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 25, 2022
17699395 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING PROXY MODELS FOR PHYSICS-BASED SIMULATORS COOK, BRIAN S 2187 §101§103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2022

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